Google in an effort to take on unwanted and harmful mobile behaviors on Android, will now show warnings on apps and on websites leading to apps that collect user’s personal data without consent. The new rules of the Google’s Safe browsing team will restrict Apps and their behavior while handling personal user data. Continue reading “Google Safe Browsing to restrict apps that collect personal user data without consent”
Google Chrome for Android will get HDR video playback support soon, and it is about time given that Android operating system officially supports HDR playback since Android 7.0 Nougat. Though the OS might support HDR playback, it all depends on the hardware of the device to support a high color depth format and individual applications to support extracting HDR metadata from videos. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get HDR Video Playback support soon”
Google has introduced the AIY Voice Kit back in May, and today the company has launched the AIY Vision Kit that has on-device neural network acceleration for Raspberry Pi. The Vision kit includes a new circuit board, and computer vision software can be paired with Raspberry Pi computer and camera. Continue reading “Google Introduces AIY Vision Kit with on-device neural network acceleration for Raspberry Pi”
Google is rolling out yet another useful feature for Assistant that helps you connect with local home services like an electrician, plumber, house cleaner and more. Assistant already helps you with key information local traffic or a local business. Continue reading “Google Assistant will now help you connect with local home services”
Many users have reported about the random reboots of Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL and had to wait for Google to identify the root cause of the issue before it pushes out an update. The company has finally identified a fix for the issue, though specifics weren’t discussed. Continue reading “Google identifies fix for Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL random reboots, to roll in coming weeks”
Gboard after bringing 40 additional languages support in the previous update is now receiving yet another update with version number v6.8. The new update brings features like handwriting keyboards; planning Motion Stills integration and more. Continue reading “Gboard v6.8 brings handwriting keyboard, to get Motion Stills for GIF creation and more”
Google has been granted patents for motorized laptop hinge that auto-aligns with users face which could feature in the upcoming Chromebooks or Pixelbook in the future. The patent was first filed back in 2013 by Google and Ken Loo, Senior Product Design Engineer who was a part of the self-driving car project, the Pixel smartphones, and the Pixelbook. Continue reading “Google receives patent for a motorized laptop hinge that auto-aligns with users face”
Though Microsoft Android Apps are available for Android phones, they were never available for Chromebooks which was a deal breaker for those who are into the Microsoft ecosystem. However, that changes today as the company has silently made available the office suite apps for all Chromebooks. Continue reading “Microsoft Office apps now available on all Chromebooks”
Google launched Home Mini at the Pixel event last month at $49, the company today has announced that the new Assistant powered speaker will cost just $29 through the end of 2017. Google Home Mini is a trim down and more compact version of the Home speaker. Continue reading “Google Home Mini now costs $29 through the end of 2017”
Google’s Product Manager, Michelle today has announced that the company has started rolling out more accurate battery life estimates which some of the users have started noticing in the past few days. This wasn’t the case earlier where it used to show simple (mostly inaccurate) battery estimates. Continue reading “Google rolls out more accurate Pixel battery life estimates with personalised on-device model”
Google has rolled out Android Wear v2.6 update which brings a full suite of new additions like the tweaks to the interface, a new recent app complication, network status indicators and more. Google has announced its plan to make the Android Wear updates easier with Play Store updates rather than just waiting for the firmware updates. Continue reading “Android Wear v2.6 brings Recent app complication, network status indicators and more”
Google just in time for the holiday season has added a bunch of shopping tools for the mobile search for a better shopping experience. These tools include detailed product cards, buying guides, product comparisons, and more. This update brings more enhanced experience for users shopping during Black Friday and other sales. Continue reading “Google Search for mobile gets detailed product cards, buying guides and shopping tools”
Google’s Android software is said to be collecting users locations even when the location services are set to disable and sending the collected data back to Google reports Quartz in an investigation. Since the start of 2017, Android phones have said to be collecting the addresses of nearby cellular towers even when location services are disabled and sent back to Google. Continue reading “Google said to be collecting Android device location even when location services are disabled”
[Update: Google has announced that Google Lens in the Assistant will be rolling out to all Pixel phones set to English in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, India and Singapore over the coming weeks.]
Google at the Pixel event back in October debuted the Google Lens feature in the photos app which uses the camera to scan the objects and landmarks in photos to provide more information about the same. Though it was only possible via Photos app, at the same event, Google mentioned that it would gradually roll out Lens in Assistant and it looks like the time has arrived.
Continue reading “Google Lens in Assistant rolling out to Pixel smartphones [Update]”
Google Android messages app has updated from V2.5 to V2.7 with a bunch of features and additions. The new app version brings features like Money transfer, Duo video calling, new messages indicator and more. Continue reading “Android Messages v2.7 brings money transfer, Duo video calling, new message indicators and more”
